Jeanne Shaheen

How will that requirement be met as the SSGNs retire?

Could you please provide the Navy's assessment of the program's potential capabilities and current state of development?

We all represent the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and obviously, our four public shipyards are critical as we look at maintenance and what we need to do to keep the fleet operating.

I am sure that everyone here would like to see us address sequestration before we get into the next fiscal year, but given the lack of movement within Congress, I think there are real questions about whether that is going to happen.

Would the Virginia Payload Module (VPM) accommodate the DDSs?

It is high time to begin some real steps on denuclearization and to prove that they are really ready to get back to the negotiating table.

She was skilled, she was patient, but she also went out of her way to engage with us in the Senate.

She became the first woman in our history to negotiate this kind of a treaty.

We have been clear, first of all, that we will not accept the nuclear status of the Korean Peninsula.

I am really honored to be here this morning to join Senator Isakson--and, as you point out, we really miss him on this committee.

But it would be tragic for us to fail to help the people who helped our men and women on the ground.

I think all of us have applauded the effort to restart those and Secretary Kerry's tireless work in doing that.

I think Ms. Kennedy's recognition that she should not weigh in to the Law of the Sea Treaty debate is a good indication about what a good diplomat she is going to be.

He has really put an enormous amount of his personal prestige behind this.

I am very troubled that we are here with the special immigrant visa program for Iraqis due to expire at the end of this month.

As the American taxpayers' eyes and ears inside Federal agencies, that inspectors general provide really important oversight.

I very much appreciate both of your attention to getting the appointment of an inspector general for the Department of State.

I certainly intend to support your confirmation, and I hope the entire Senate does as well.

If there are steps that we can take in the Security Council, we should take them.

I do not think anybody can say that the election in Iran represented the will of the Iranian people.

What Erdogan is doing is certainly not to the extent of what we have seen in Russia with Mr. Putin, but troubling nonetheless.

Our policy...is I think very much reflective of the views of people here in this body as well, which is verify, then trust, deeds not words.

I hope that we will continue to support the very positive progress that has been made between Serbia and Kosovo on settling their disagreements there.

I am going to begin with you and ask about Georgia.

How do you determine what countries you are going to expand into?